The Member for Wentworth has admitted he took a phone call from Seven's commercial director, former business associate and friend Bruce McWilliam, after federal police swarmed on the network's Sydney offices, The Daily Telegraph reports.

Mr Turnbull phoned Attorney General George Brandis and Justice Minister Michael Keenan, a decision he has defended as "entirely appropriate" despite criticisms that he failed to keep at arm's length from the police investigation.

"I'm the communications minister and it's perfectly natural for a television business that's got problems of any kind to call me — I'm their minister," Mr Turnbull said.

"They rang me about the AFP raid and I rang or got in touch with and spoke to the relevant ministers, Michael Keenan and George Brandis, just to ascertain what was going on.

"And then I told Channel Seven that if they wanted to discuss the matter further with the government they should call George Brandis. And that's it.

"I didn’t express any sort of views about the merits of it either way."